Lagarde, Ariège
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Commune of Lagarde |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Pamiers |
| Canton | Mirepoix |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Mirepoix |
| Mayor | Anne-Marie Milesi (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 316 m–543 m (avg. 327 m) |
| Land area¹ | 11,93 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
194 |
| - Density | 16/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 09150/ 09500 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Lagarde is a village and commune in the Ariège département of south-western France. As of 1999 the village had a population of 194 [1].
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[edit] History
On May 25, 1969 the commune of Lagarde was struck by a tornado of the F3 type. It destroyed nearby hamlets and transportation in the village and the surrounding area. A few hours later in the department of Aude the tornado devastated the village of Leuc. Such a wave of powerful tornadoes is rare in France.
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[edit] Chateau
The Chateau de Lagarde is an imposing medieval building constructed in the 11th century with the first square tower (1063-1065) by Ramire 1st of Navarre king of Aragon and count of Barcelona. Between the 1176 and 1180 the chateau developed with 4 square towers and with a rectangular entry with a door made out of wood, a drawbridge and ditch at the foot of the walls.
In the middle of the beautiful paved yard is a well which is 62 meters depth and 2 meters in diameter cut with stone 1.20 metres thick. Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester allotted the village of Lagarde and its Castle to Guy Ier de Lévis, lieutenant of his army, in 1212. This was conducted after Simon de Montfort convened at Pamiers in a general meeting of nobles, prelates and noted middle-class men, where they drew up a 46 article administration doctrine of the place. It was ratified by the Treaty of Paris and signed on April 12, 1229 on the square of Notre-Dame.
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